This is an analysis of San Francisco [ From The Sea] by Francis Bret Harte.
SERENE, indifferent of Fate,
Thou sittest at the Western Gate;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd aa aa ee ff ee ee gg hh dd dX cc dd aa hh ccXaa
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Metre: 01010001 11010101 01111101 11010001 11011111 11001100 11000111 11011101 11011111 01010101 11011101 01010111 11110111 11111101 11110101 01010100 11110111 01011101 10110111 00010101 11010111 01110101 11110111 11010101 11110111 01000101 01011101 01010100 11010111 01011101 11011101 11000100 11111101 010011101 11010101 11111101 10010001 11110011 11000101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 20
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
thy, and, her
Anaphora
who
